Ingredients

4 naartjies, unpealed

1 vanilla pod

350 g self raising flour

6 extra large eggs

250 g caster sugar

Seeds from 5 cardamom pods, pods discarded

Icing sugar for dusting

Syrup

Simmer together 175 ml caster sugar, 175 ml water and the juice of 2 naartjies.  Remove from heat when it starts to boil.

Method

1. Place naartjies in a saucepan, cover with water and cook for an hour, then drain.
2. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
3. Split vanilla seed and scrape out the seeds.
4. Remove the pips from the naartjies.
5. Mix all the iingredients together in a blender until smooth.
6. Poor the mixture into a greased cake pan (25 mm) and bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
7. Remove the cake from the oven and pour over the syrup.  Let the cake cool.
8. Dust with icing sugar.
   

   Naartjie and Cardemom Cake